YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityNational park 911 systems would get a study and an upgrade plan — but no money or deadline to install anything.
Transparency & Accountability
Within a year, the Park Service would have to check every emergency call center in the parks and post what it found on the Interior Department's website. The report would say which parks already take Next Generation 9-1-1 calls and what buying and running the systems would cost.
More about this bill
Calling 911 inside a national park would not work any differently at first. The National Park Service would have to study its emergency call centers. The bill does not require it to upgrade them. Within one year, the agency would report which parks can already take Next Generation 9-1-1 calls. That newer system accepts texts, photos, and video, not just voice. The report would also list what the new systems cost to buy and to run. It would be posted on the Interior Department's website. A year after that report, the Park Service would have to write a plan to install the systems. The bill sets no deadline for the work itself. It also sets aside no money for it. Parks where a superintendent says good systems are already in place could be left out of the plan. So a faster 911 call in a park would depend on later action by Congress.
Congressional Summary
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a plan to install Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems, which are certain interoperable, digital, and secure Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 calls. Specifically, the NPS must assess the implementation status and estimated costs of such NG911 systems at existing emergency communications centers in NPS units. The NPS must also develop a plan, based on the assessment, to install NG911 systems at centers.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-01-13
- Date Added
- 2026-04-14
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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